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The  property  of  the  Ulack  Lake  AIiNixa  ro.MPANY  consists 
of  tlic  following-  lot>^.  parcel^  or  tracts  of  litnd  bidiatt*  in  tlie 
tdxvnship  of  Ireland,  in  the  county  of  Megantic,  in  the  dis- 
trict 'if  ArtLiabaslv'a,  and  province  of  Canada.  Known  a8 
follows  : 

1 N.E.nO,   S.E.}  20,     2],     22,  2:5,  24.  2a.  26.     27.     28 

?    22,  2;i,  24,  2;..  26,     27,     28 

3 ly,    S.EJ,  20.     21,     ;^2,  2;^,,  24,  2o.  2(i,     27,     28 

4 N^^'4  1^>         -<^-     2],     22.  2;;,  24.  25,  20,     27,     2S 

5 21,     22.  23.  24,  2o,  20,     27,     28 

<> 21,     22.  2;;.  24,  25,  2(;.     27,     28 

" 10,     20,     21.     22,  >:\  24,  25.  2G, 

8 1!),     20,     21,     22.  23,  24,  25,  2«;, 

i> S.E.^  10,  S.E.^  20,  S.E.^21,  ^^,Iv^  22,  23.  24,  25.  2(i, 

10 X.W.ri9,             21,     22,  23,  24, 

11. N.W.  point  15. 

12 E.l  13. 

The  wliolo  being-  10.000  acres  more  or  less,  together  with 
.dl  dependencies,  and  appurtenances  belonging  thereto,  uikI 
all  the  estate,  right,  title,  interest,  |>roperty,  claim  and  demand, 
which  belonged  to  the  former  |)rojirietors. 


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'I'lio  .uTeal  mineral  value  oC  this  )jiTi[)ci'ty  will  I'C  seen  (iii 
roadiiip;  tho  UcjMirts  li<'lf)\v,  \\}:ichliavv'  been  pvociireil  fVoni  tlu' 
most  reliable  and  highest  wuiu  'es  oi'  iiilbi'iiiation. 

We  first  pn;s(Mit  extraers  IV'  in  the  recent  Oeoloa'ical  wt.rk 
te  tlie  ,ut:)vernni(Mit  ot"  Canada  iu  Isr*:-),  h\  Sir  Williain  Lo<j.-an. 
gO()l(t<;i>t,  nhlch  hav(}  rel'ert.'nee  to  the  identical  prnp(3rty  be- 
fore described  ])elonp"ing  to  this  C(>in})nny  : 

[Page  253-25^.1  "  Fr'uu  East  Xieolol  Lake  the  Scrpnt.fuie 
<?/r/^v  NortJiward,  and  runs  alonii"  several  small  l(d%es  on  tlio 
line  between  Wolfestown  and  Oarlhl)y  li>  the  lino  between 
Ireland  and  Col(;raine.  I.n  these  two  iownshij)s  tliere  is  a 
<;'reat  display  oi"  tlie  reclc.  !l  lies  on  both  sidles  of"  the  Black 
Lake  extending;"  four  miles  to  the  South-uest  in  Ireland,  consti- 
tutin.Li"  r!iiribon  Hill,  and  ])r()!  ;  bly  two  miles  to  the  Xorth-"ast 
in  Cdleraine  a\  itli  an  averaiic  breadth  of  two  miles  and  a  half, 
thus  spj'oadinj:,'  ever  an  area  el   about  lifti'en  sfpiare  miles. 

On  the  21st  lot  of  the  Isl  rnd  2nd  llanu-es  of  h'eland  about 
a  mile  tVom  this  are;i  there  is  imotiiei' exposure  of  serpentine." 

[Pap,-e  731. 1  "  The  Coppei' ()!'(>s  already  described,  .  .  .  . 
beloni:-.  like  those  of  the  northern  })art.s  of  L'ehnid.  to  the 
second  synclinal The  ontcj'op  of  tlie  3i"'l  is  con- 
tinued throuLi'h  Ifam  and  AVelfestown:  and  further-on  there  is 
a  great  de\(lopment  of  tlie  I'ocks  of  this  scrit^s.  ■which  nawl.'e 
regarded  as  a  continuation  of  the  3rd  synclinal.  an<l  consist  of 
dokmutes  and  serjuiitine.  ^^  ith  steatite,  ohloritic  ;uid  e|)idotic 
rocks.  These  are  traced  to  the  Xortli-east.  aiid  imdude  large 
portions  of  the  townships  of  (btrthl)y,  Coleraine,  L'elaiid, 
Thetf<-rd  and  liroughton.  .  .  .  This  distribution  of  these 
strata  is  important,  inasmuch  a  ■  Copper  and  other  valuable 
minei'als  will  probal)ly  be  discovered  in  many  ])arts  of  their 
course. 

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<k'[tosit-s  ol'  Kiistcrii  CiUiuda  arc  tliorou^ilily  rxplorctl.  ami  pro- 
per means  oi'  Wdi'kin:^  tljriii.  aii<l  >  i"  snu'ltiiiL:;  their  (»tTs.  arc. 
a<l'>pt(.'<|,  tliov  Avill  l)('«'(tiiio  a  ^uTcat  .source  of  wealtli  aiid  liiriii.-h 
c'luplovifionL  to  ;i  liir;ji,'c  jio[)iiliitiiiii. 

Wo  sn1>j<iiii  the  repuil  ■•{"  Captain  ITciluM't  W:lli;iihs.  of  the 
celebrated  Harvey  Hill  Klines,  imi  the  niiiieral,  and  ihr-  leport 
of  .K>lin  Iji_Liiel!,  K>q.,  rfMvincial  Land  Hni'Veynr.  on  tlie  ui"e;it 
amount  of  timher  :  which  can  oc  made  innnediaiely  a\'ailal)k'. 
From  tlie  [u'operty  tho  rivers  are-  navigahU^.  for  rafts,  ajid  tlie 
tiuilx.-r  can  l.;e  sent  down  to  the  (irand  Trunk  l*;iil  Road.  A 
charter  for  a  hranch  rail  road  has  lately  been  taken  out  tor 
the  district,  and  the  depot  will  lie,  it  is  said,  on  a  jioi-tion  of 
this  proiierty.  therehy  increasing  its  value  ind*'pendent  of  the 
minerals  or  timber. 

ITvRVKv  lUu.  '''niM'T'K  .NtiNfo,  Lkkks,  Mkcjanttc,  C.  E. 
Siipcriiitciideiit's  ihfirc,  \\lh  March,  1HG4. 

WM.  BIGNELL,  Esq.,  Quebec. 

Dear  Sn? :  hi  the  aiitr  na  of  ls.')0  T  accunipaiiifi  Dr.  .lames  Duugla.s  of 
(^nebee,  to  exaiaine  some  lands  in  the  township  of  Jielaiul  eominiscd 
within  the  hnes  of  lots  twenty  to  twenty-eiglit,  in  Ifunges  one  to  ten,  of  the 
Township  \vhich  line  on  tlie  aeconipanyin,;.';  j^liin  of  the  'I'ownship  I  li;ive 
tinted  pink. 

On  a|q)roaeliing-  the  pro]ierty  from  tlie  Town.Kliir  of  ihdifiix,  die  rocks 
of  the  country  are  exposed  to  vii'\"  in  tnany  ])la<;es  ;  to  \vitl)in  a  short 
distance  of  the  }>roperty  tlieir  gen-  .  !  character  heing  similar  to  tiiose  of 
liie  seoond  .synclinal  or  eoj)]>er  Land  1'  tiie  Eastern  Townships,  and  will, 
I  lielieve,  on  careftil  ex]dorat:uii,  be  found  to  be  a  fold  <»f  tli*'  same,  tlieir 
probahic  run  1  have  marked  in  purple  on  the  plan, 

A  thorough  and  careful  exploration  of  the  lacperty  will.  1  lielicvc,  lead 
to  the  discovery  of  valuable  L'o[)[>t  r  deposits  in  the  Xorth-east  section  of 
the  property.  The  laborious  researches  of  an  eminent  provincial  (jeolo- 
gist,  Sir  W.  E.  Logan,  having  established  the  fact  that  the  d'obl  in  Canada 
is  dise(»vered  iu  similar  association  to  otlier  countries,  viz :  witii  or  in  tiie 
vicinit}'  of  rocks  strongly  characterized  by  \rugn''sia,  such  as  Dolomite, 
Serpentine.  Talc,  and  Chhu-itic  Slates,  it  is  reasonable  to  expect  that  a 
verv  cotisiderahle  area  of  this  jirooertv  will  lie  found  to  be  u'old  bcariim', 


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In  the  soutliorn  oii<l  of  tlic  Tuwiisiiij)  thero  in  u  wide  band  of  ?orpontino 
rofk,  t'Xtciidin;^  froin  i'hick  Lake  in  a  South-wosl  dir"rti'>>i,  l)t(t\vecn  thret' 
ami  tnur  nuk'n,  lea'liin^'  lot  No.  IM  in  tlio  tirHt  and  Hoc'on<I  Kan^os  of  tin; 
Towiishi]).  and  !is  tin  siunc  rork  is  aj:^ain  sccii  in  t1»c  adjoining;  Township 
of  Thciloril,  wliioli  lit  s  f.>  tin-  N.)rth-<';iHt  tluMc  iw  hm  iitfh'  donht  it  will 
bf  found  to  nui  across  a  ^nat  portion  of  the  propiTt.y,  and  a  thoronuh 
and  farrfid  oxploration  of  llit  projtiTfy  will,  I  donlit  not,  h-ud  to  tin; 
dis'foviiy  of  iho  ])r<!cious  inct:.!  in  the  ►Soiith-wi.-stern  Hcction  iilon^  the 
exposures  of  tlie  iSerpentine  in  remunerative  quantities. 

(ioM  in  sTual!  'jnantitios  lias  been  found  in  Heveral  placcH  along  the 
course  of  the  Hei;(>rid  Hynelinal  at  Halifax,  Leeds,  and  S.  Sylvester,  heiiee 
r  consider  the  \\holc  of  the  ]iroperty  lies  wiihin  the  limits  of  the  (.Jold 
bearing  region  of  the  eastern  Townships  of  Canada. 

Irrosi'Octivo  of  the  valuable  mineral  likely  t'.'  be  found  on  tlio  jn'operiy. 
a  large  portion  of  it  is  covered  with  ]nne  and  s])ruee  tind.ter  <d"  excellent 
(piality. 

There  are  also  some  gonil  streams  of  water  rnimiii,::'  through  the  in"oi>- 
erty.  alVording  aniy)ic  power  for  driving  tniUs.  cruslioi'.^.  or  indeed  any 
machinery  that  may  l)e  re«pured  in  the  development  of  itr^  resources. 
The  water  eonimunication  with  the  lakes  is  navigable  for  rafts  to  within 
a  short  distance  of  llie  (irand  Trunk  Railway. 

1  am  your  obedient  servant, 

IILIIBERT   WILLIAMS. 

T,  JOHN  BKJNKLL,  Provincial  Land  Purveyor  for  Lover  (Canada,  re- 
siding at  Lsimbton,  on  the  Ijorder  of  Lake  St.  Francis,  do  liereby  certify 
that  I  am  acquainted  with  the  lands  knovvn  as  tlie  (Jovernment  Block  in 
Ireland,  distant  I'roni  my  own  residence  about  twojjty  miles,  and 
comjiosed  of  lots  Nos.  21  to  28  or  thereabouts  in  iJanges  one  to  ten 
inclusive. 

That  the  said  lands  are  well  timbered  with  pine,  spruce  and  taniarac, 
and  I  consider  that  tho\  are  the  best  timber  limits  now  remaining  in 
that  part  of  the  country. 

In  testinutny  whereof,  L  liave  hereunto  set  my  hand  tliis  first  day  of 
April,  1861. 

JOHN  RICNKLL. 


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Being  o.sked  my  opinion  as  to  thoir  value.  1  thiidc,  from  the  facilities 
with  which  the  timber  could  be  brought  to  market,  tluit  their  value 
must  be  great,  and  must  increase  in  conirsetpftnce  of  the  annually  increas- 
ing scarcity  of  timber. 

J.  iJlGNKLL. 


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To  all  to  whom  the'o  i)resontH  Hh;ill  curno  :  I,  Xoki,  TTir.T,  Bowkn,  Notary 
I'ublic,  C  ly  inliaitttHl  ami  sWdrM.  rcsirliuj^  uiul  i-ractiisins  in  t)u?  I'iry  of 
QiiMi»tM\  ill  tlif  rrovlnri' of  Catuul.i,  do  hei«;by  cortify  iiii-l  iitt»'at  tliat  1  iiiii 
wt'U  aciiuaintod  with  Jolui  ni;^rii'll,  K.-siuire,  of  [.ainlitoii,  ('.  I']..  Proviii 
cial  l/.uul  iSiirve_\Mjr,  who  iiuth  svrittoii  and  si<^iu'd  the  foro.i;oiii^  ccititiL-ato, 
that  ho  iH  a  ixm'som  of  loii^-  (.-'xperituico  iu  hiw  piofoHtsioii,  woll  (•uj)ahlu  of 
forming  a  (.orrci-t  opijiioii  us  N)  the  valtio  of  landn  in  ('atia(hi,  and  whoBr 
Htatt;n»L'nts  on  siuh  subjoL'ts  may  l>o  ndicil  upon  u;^  coireot  and  tr'io. 

In  \\'(tm;s.s  Wukkkum',  I  have  hereunto  Kot  my  hand,  and  affix- 
ed luy  seal  of  otlicc  at  (Quebec,  aforesaid,  tlus  tirst  day  of 
A]>ril,  in  tlio  year  of  o\ir  I.ord.  one  thousand  i;i.:^hl  h\mdre  1 
and  sixty-l'our. 

Hi^nied,  XOKL  H.  UOWIIN. 

Notary  Public. 


J.  T.  tSKKLEV,  and  Associates, 

Gentlemkx, 

In  accordance  with  your  resolutions  of  Jul\-  'J.'ld.  wo  have 
visited  tlie  !>laok  L  dee  lands,  situated  in  the  Township  <>[' 
New  Jrelarul,  County  oi"  Mi'gantic,  Canada  East,  and  a^reenble 
to  }our  re(|uest,  respebtCully  submit  the  t'oUowin^i;'  re[)ort : 

The  tract  is  about  three  miles  wide  by  ten  niih^s  long,  iVom 
North-east  to  F^(Uith-west,  embracing-  twenty-five  t^quare 
miles  of  territory.  Black  Lake  and  its  outlet  Becancour  river 
divide  the  tract  about  four  miles  from  its  South-western 
boundary. 

The  land  may  be  described  in  general  term.^  as  one-thinl 
moantainoas,  nearly  one-third  low  land,  and  the  remain<ler 
farm  lands  ;  extending  for  a  mile  up  the  banks  of  th(j  Thet- 
ford  river  from  the  Lake  on  this  prop<u'ty  is  a  strip  of  lati'l 
called  tlie  Meadows,"  which  has  been  formed  from  the  annual 
deposites  made  by  tlie  spring  freshets,  this  is  particularly 
valuable  for  farming  purposes.  The  provincial  government 
at  a  kite  session  passed  an  tict  with  the  needful  appropriation 
of  money  for  the  construction  of  a  road  from  the  town  of 
Coleraine  on  the  South-enst,  to  the  town  of  Halifax  on  the 
North-west.     There  appears  to  be  no  other  plact.'  for  this  road 


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tliun  (liiTctly  iicros.s  tliis  |nit[)(Mly  nn  tln'  North  >>iclo  ol'  JUack 
Lako  j  it  is  said  the  riiml  will  he  ronstnicti.cl  at,  once. 

Tlie  'rin.'tford  river  nientionjMl  above  enters  the  ])io|i('rty 
at  t[i(!  North-east  eorner,  and  nnmin.o:  five  miles  parallel  with 
the  South-easterly  ])OMndary  line'  it  enijities  into  Illack  Lake. 
The  lundierinen  of  the  J^rovinci'  ha^■e  tor  several  years  run 
saAv-Io{:s  IVom  the  ^I'ownship  oi'  Thctt'ord  down  this  river  into 
and  throu,i^h  JJlaek  Lake,  tlienee  down  (lie  BeciMieour  thirty 
niiles  to  the  interse(  tion  of'  the  (ii'aiid  Trunk  Kailway.  i'roui 
whence  tln-y  are  eotivcycil  Ijy  Hail  to  Quehec  (one  (»!"  the  lar- 
;:'est  JundM')-  itiarkets  on  tlu^  contijient,)  or  Portland  Maine. 
These  i-i\(rs  I'uniish  an  lunple  oiillet  Ibr  the  Timber  upon 
this  pro])rrty. 

U))on  Lot  (IX)  ei^'hteen,  of  Ran;.re  (\)  four,  three;  miles  be- 
low the  lake  on  the  jjceaneour  river,  is  a  water-power  of 
IVoni  N  to  10  I'eet  fall.  Tt  has  abundant  sup[)ly  of  watei  and 
good  rock  bottom  and  banks. 

With  the  exception  of  tie* '' ^Meadows"  above  mentioned, 
the  whole  tract  is  eoveietl  with  a  fine  g'rowth  of  tindjer, 
ehiotly  Pine,  S[.iuce,  Tamarac,  Cellar,  AFaple,  ant]  Pirch.  The 
Pine  i^  distributed  oV(;r  fully  one  half  of  the  property  a  large 
portion  ol  which  is  heavy  timbei',  a  great  amount  of  S}>ruee  of 
large  growth  is  intermixed  with  the  other  timber  through- 
out nearlv  ilie  whole  tract.  The  low  hmdr^  are  deiiselv  cov- 
ered  with  tamarac  and  cedar,  the  up  binds  with  sugar-maple, 
birch,  and  some  s(;attering  s])iuce  and  h'^mlock.  The  pine 
trees  when  cut  into  logs,  thirteen  feet  foiu'  inches  long,  and 
delivered  at  the  banks  of  the  rivers,  can  1)0  sold  at  ono^dol- 
lar  a  loj".  The  trees  ^^■ill  averau'o  from  three  to  live  lo!>-s 
each.  S[)rnee  logs  will  sell  for  thirty  ceits  and  upwards. 
The  trees  will  make  three  or  i'our  logs  eacli.  Tlio  tamai-ac  is 
very  desirai)le,  tlie  foot  of  the  i,ree  being  cut  into  ship-knees, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  tree  into  logs,  whiidi  can  be  saAved 
into  suitable  |)lank  for  deck  llooring  ;  ship-knees  are  scarce, 
and  sell  at  from  five  to  fifteen  (h)llars  each  '.n  Quebec.  On  the 
easterly  ^ide  o\'  rhe  Thetfird  river  extending  rip  from  the 
lake  about  one  and  a  lialf  miles  is  a  high   range    of  hills  cov- 


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eriMl  with  Red  or  \«m\v,iv  INiiu.     This  i>,  utucli  .-^oii'^lit   al'tt'i' 
l'i»r  in:i.'-ts  jind  ,-[»;n's. 

Your  CoiiiiuilU'O  do  not  tcfl  foinpctriit  to  mnki^  ;i  jui'in'r 
Cf^tiniiiti-  of  til"'  lot.d  v.-duc  of  rlic  timhtT  on  tin*  jiro|M'rry. 
hut  tool  fully  's.irnintfil  in  lyini''  i  In.'i.-iiiuch  ;is  ilii-  Mppvars 
to  \)C  tlic  iiCaiX'st  consltlorahh'  l<od\-  of  tiTidn  r  to  (^)ii"lM,n'  in 
the  oastcrn  lownship.)  p,'ooil  inana,i:fni('nl  would  crrtainly 
rcali/.f  (hi!  casli  payniont  fni'  lla;  prt  [ni-ty.  ami  --till  liavr  Id't 
nil  lU'cessarv  tindx-r  for  ininin.u'  and  faiiain.:"  juirpox.-;.  'J'Iptc^ 
arc  now  lod<::fd  in  Thetiord  livcr  alioiir  two  nnKs  ahovt'  :  ii<* 
iako  from  six  thousand  to  ci^lit  thousand  lo::-  •■.  iiHK-tl\  piiiv, 
lUiUiy  (if  whii'li  woiT  jn'ohaldy  cut  on  this  [u'opi'iay.  and  with- 
out license  ;  hone  tlu'v  can  ho  luld  hy  the  owner  ol'tho  land 
}in<l  arc  worth  sonic  th(ai--ands  <»f  dolhir-. 

Duri'i,!;' the  liiniti'd  tini"-  wowcic-  on  rlio  pr'Miii.-C's,  wo  dis- 
covered sonic  very  sat istactory  indication.- of  Coppi'V.  (hil- 
cr()jipin;i,s  oi'  the  Copper  boariufj;'  slati'  wort-  f<aiial  at  several 
points  alonii;  the  Noi'th  '^ido  of  ilio  pr*»pei't}'  :  (Mi  <'ovn])ari~on 
tliey  appeared  to  ho  id>'nlital  willi  tho- "  ahout  lit"rcen  miles 
Xortli-oast.  at  the  IIar\-oy  Ifill  Mino,  wliich  is  proncauiccd  inic 
of  the  host  in  the  woi'ld.  Wo  alsu  found  tlic^  looatiou  of  tiie^o 
indications  to  corrcsj-'ond  with  the-  tracinp-s  upon  tlio  ih'olou'i- 
cal  ^fap  of  Canada,  now  hciiip'  [)uldishod  under  dii-ection  of 
Sir  W.  E.  J  io_!jan,  Provincial  Gcolo;.!;ist.  Whih;  at  Montreal 
Avo  were  favored  with  an  interviow  with  tliis  i;-entlomaii.  \lv- 
ferrin,u'  to  the  locality  we  worc^  about  to  visit,  ho  freely  ex- 
})resscd  the  opiiiion  wo  sh>ald  find  ovidcu'^s  of  cojipcr  at  the 
])ointrf  above  indicatotl.  Also,  that  upon  the  Soullierly  end  of 
the  property  we  would  undouhtediy  llml  ^-old  accoinpanyinLi: 
the  serpentine  rock,  and  jjrobably  chromic  iron.  The  whole 
tract  bidm;-  in  the  very  midst  of  the  great  minora!  hidt  of 
Oan.ada  East,  ho  thon,L''ht  its  location  would  wai'iaiit  tlie  I'.K- 
peiise  of  thoroupdi  exploration,  (^>|lpor  mines  are  now  beoi.L:" 
opened  and  worked  in  nc^a.rly  all  th(j  surrounding':  towjis.  im- 
pressed hy  the  assurances  oi'  l*i-of.  LoL^'an  we  made  ii  part  of 
our  business,  while  on  the  propeity,  to  look  for  p;old.  At  every 
stream  we  found  soil  an<[  shite  similar  to  the  gold  fiekls  oi'  the 


10 


CluuKliero.     At  our  firi^t  oxHmiiiation   upon  llio   bank  of  the 
Bocancour  we  foui]il  gold  in  the  iu-st  sliovcl  of  ilirt.     On  tlio 
banks  (»t"  Wliih^  (.■reek  t^ome  four  niil«'S  from  the  Becaiicour  we 
'.vj;>uu  found  in  the  second  pan  of  (Hrt  a  nnn-h  larger  specimen 
of  goM.     At  Tlirtford  Riv(}r  near  our   last   camping  ground 
the  bed  of  the  .-(r*?am  lias  Ix-en  changed.  au'I  the  old  channel 
somewhar  filled  up  by  loo-^e  dirt,  we    thought  tliis  a  favorable 
point,  and  here  searched  I'nr  gold  ;  in  theu[)per  rlirt  we  found 
no  indications  worthy  of  notice,  but  when  we.  rea(died  a  depth 
of  say  four  or  five  leet  we  came  to  a  bed  of  sand  and  gravel, 
which  wa>;  packed   ni'ieh   closer,  we  washed  a  pan  of  this,  and 
from  it  took  considerable   quantities  of  magnetic  sand,  and  a 
very  hue  speeiim-n  of  gold.    It  was  the  opinion  of  those  pres- 
ent that  tlH3  ppi'cr  soil  was  too  light  to  hold  rhe  gold, but  the 
lower  depo>iL  niiglit  i)rove  a  good  paying  Held.     This  last  dig- 
ging was  about  tliree   miles  e({ui-distant  from  the  lirst  two 
places,  whf're  gold  was  found,  showing  the  metal  wan  not  con- 
fined to  one   locality,  but  distril)uted   over  a  large  portion,  if 
not  the  wdiole  tract.     The  point  at  which  wv  were  assured  we 
shoaM  most  certainly  discover  gold,  we  did  not  visit:  we  were 
well  jdeased  with  the  siux^ess  already  had,  and  thought  it  (juite 
satisfactory  for  present  pur[>oscs.     In  conclusion  we  have  only 
to  add,  IVom  the  cursory  examination   made  l)y  us  we  are  led 
to  concur  with  Sir  W.  E.  Logan  in  his  opinion  that  the  indica- 
tions warranted  a  thorough  exploration  of  the  property. 


Ni:w  VoitK,   Aug.  10,1804. 


W.  ^.  Oliver      .y        ... 

Committee. 

^^ .  11.  liuowN  !' 


CERTIFICATE  OF  INCORPOR.VTIOX. 


t 


f^tiito  of  Now  York.  Citv  and  ) 
(V)imtv  (if  Now  York.       ) 

Wo,  (I.  B.  liubbell,  John  M.  Ma<f;ulario,  W.  F.  Hyatt,  Gustav  Theisen, 
Theodore  \[ac(',  Josc[>h  Estorbrook,  and  llartlE.  Estcrbrouk,  do  hereby 
certify  tliat  we  desire  to  form  a  company  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  an 
Act  entitled  '"An  act  to  autliorize  the  formation  of  corporations  for 
manufacturing,  mining,  mech.uiieal  or  chemical  purposes,"'  passed  Feb- 


K 


n. 


ruiirv  IT.  1848,  and  of  die  Kovorul  acts  extciidiii^j;  and  amon<Iiitg  ftaid  act- 
That  ti)o  i.'orpoiiit.c  name  of  said  Coiupaiiy  is  to  be  •'  l'»l:tck  Lake  Miiiiiig 
Curn])any/' 

Tho  objects,  for  ^\ilich  the  said  company  in  formed,  arc  the  nujuiig  for 
copper  and  other  metals,  reducing  and  selling  same,  and  transact  and  do 
wncli  other  business  as  may  be  incidental  thereto.  That  the  amount  of 
the  ('apital  Stock  of  said  company  is  to  be  'I'wo  Million  Dollars. 

That  the  term  of  the  existcuict'^  of  said  company  is  to  be  Fifty  vears. 

That  the  number  of  shares  of  whi(;h  said  stock  is  to  c  insist  is  to  be  Two 
hundred  thousand  Shares,  of  the  par  value  of  Ten  Dollars  each,  and  the 
number  of  the  Trustees,  who  shall  manage  the  concerns  of  said  company 
for  the  first  year  is  seven,  and  the  names  of  such  Trustees  arc  Ir.  V>.  Hub- 
bell,  John  ]\r.  Macfarlane,  \V.  F.  ilyatt,  Gustav  Theisen,  Tlieodore  Mace, 
Joseph  Esterbrook,  .ind  Tfartt  E.  Fsterbrook  ;  and  the  said  company  is 
formed  for  the  pur])oso  of  carrying  on  some  part  of  its  business  out  of 
the  state  of  New  York,  namely  at  the  Towiisliip  of  New  Ireland,  County  (»f 
Megantic,  Canada  East,  and  the  nanje  of  the  City  and  County,  in  which  the 
principal  part  of  the  biihiness  of  tlie  said  corporation  is  to  be  transacted, 
are  the  City  and  County  of  New  York. 

Thai  the  said  Trustees  are  severallv  citizens  of  the  State  of  New  York. 


ignod, 


Si.r 


Diito.l,  Vow  York,  AuL'US-t  29.  186i. 


(.;.  15.  TIUBREI.T.. 
JOHN   M.  M.VCFARLANE, 
W.  F.  HYATT. 
GUrfTAV  THEI8E.V, 
THEODOHE  MACE, 
JOSEPH  ESTEUr.KOOK, 
HARTT   E.  ESTEliCKOoK. 


' 


City  and  County  of    [ 

New-York.         I    ^^■ 

On  this  twenty-nintli  day  of  Angu.st,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-four,  before  me  personally  appeared  G.  \i,  Hubbell, 
John  M.  Theison,  Tlieoilore  Mace,  Joseph  Esterluook,  and  HarttE.  Ester 
brook,  to  me  known  to  be  the  individuals  described  in  and  who  execu- 
ted the  foregoing  Certificate  of  incorporation  and  severally  acknowledged 
that  they  executed  the  same  for  the  purposes  therein  mentioned. 

H.  1}.  CHALMERS. 

Notary  Public  for  N.  Y.  City, 


12  — 


KS. 


State  of  Xow-York,  ( 

City  and  Comity  of  N<:!\v-Y(>rk,    i 

T,  Henry  W.  ( J;^iiet,  ••lork  of  said  city  ami  county,  do  corliiy  tluu  I  liiive 
compar.'d  the  prceodirig  with  the  orio!,,;tl  (Vrtilicate  of  Incoriu.vatiun 
"f  tlie  "  [{lack  I.ake  Mining  Conipaiiy"  on  file  in  niy  olfico,  and  lliut  tho 
same  is  a  correct  transcript  therefrom  and  of  tiie  whole  of  said  ori^t^inai. 
In  witness  whereof  T  liavc  lierennto  subscribed  my  }iame  und  a-Iixed 
my  ofru-ial  weal  tins  30tli  day  of  August,  1804. 


|i  SEAL-   ^ 


Signed, 


II.  W.  GEXET. 


CI 


eri 


State  of  Xew-V(,rk, 


iMatc  oi  .\ew-\  (,rk ,  j 

Office  of  the  Secretary  of  Stale,    \ 


I  have  compared  the  ). receding  witli  tlie  original  duplicate  of  Certifi- 
cate <.f  Incorporation  of  the  "  15iaek  L:dce  Mining  Company"  with  ae- 
knowdedgment  thereto  annexed,  filed  in  this  office  on  tlie  thirty-first 
(.lay  of  August.  ISGt,  and  hereby  certify  the  Biiuie  to  be  a  correct  tran- 
script therefr-mi  and  of  the  whole  of  siiid  original. 

A\'i(nes8  my  hand  and  sewl  of  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
State,  at  the  city  of  Albany,  this  31  st  day  of  August 
one  thousand  eiglit  hundred  and  sixty  four. 
Sigued,  ERASTCS   CLARK, 

Deputy  Secretary  of  State. 


B"3r-z^^\.-\A;rs 


OK    TllK 


§lul  fiiki^  fining  (To. 


I 


Airnri.E  i. 

^y-c,  1.  Thk  Capital  Htock  r.f  tlie  lUack  Lake  ^finlt,;,  Company  is  dhid- 
e.l  if.to  tuo  In.n.ir.a  ti.ousand  slmres  of  ton  dollars  carli. 

Skc.  2.  The  principal  office  for  the  tranRaction  of  tl.c  busincBs  oftlic 
(on.panv  and  ,he  general  direction  of  its  afiltirs  shall  be  located  in  t]>e 
<  itj  of  NcAv  Tork. 

Hk..  3.  The  Certificates  of  stock  shall  be  nnmbere.I  and  resi.tered  a. 
y  are  i.sued  ;  they  shall  exhibit  the  holder's  nann>,  and  number  of 
Bharcs,  and  shall  be  signe.l  by  the  President,  and  eountcrHi^^ned  by  the 
.Secretary.  Transfer  of  Htoek  shall  be  n.ade  np..m  the  books  of  the  Con,- 
par.y  ]>y  the  owner  in  person  or  by  his  Attorney.  The  power  of  Attor- 
ney nuty  be  i-rinted  on  the  back  of  the  Certificates  as  ibllows,   viz: 

1'  or  value  received 

assign  unto 

the  within  Certificate  of 
sl.n-es  issued  by  the  Blaek  Lake   Minir,g  Con.pany,  and  hereby  authorise 
to  transfer  said  shares  on   ihe  books  of  the  Company 
upon  surrender  of  this  Certificate. 
Dated, 

Executed  in  presence  of, 


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AKTiCLE   If. 

?KC,  1;  Tlie  Corporation  hIuiII  havo  u  common  Seal  of  sucli  character 
and  witlt  such  devices  as  the  ])irect"rH  may  order,  suhjrct  to  change, 
aojreeably  to  the  Law,  and  by  a  decision  of  the  Hoard. 

Sk<\  2.  in  the  exi'cjition  of  all  instruments  otlier  than  Certificates  of 
Stock  requiring  the  seal  of  the  Corporation,  the  affixing  the  tsame  Uy  the 
President,  or  two  directors  shall  be  Hufficient,  and  the  sigiiature  or  .sig- 
natures of  ilu'  officer  or  olhcers  affixing  it  shall  be  Hufficient  evidence 
that  it  Avus  so  done. 

ARTICLE  III. 

.-^Kc,  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  shareholders  shall  be  held  in  the 
City  of  New  York  on  the  first  Monday  in  June  of  each  year.  Notice  of 
the  time  and  place  of  meetinj^,  signed  Vty  the  Secretary  or  one  of  the 
Directors  being  given  twenty  days  previous  to  such  meeting  in  one  of 
the  tlailv  papers  published  in  the  City  of  Xew  York,  and  in  one  of  the 
daily  papers  publislied  hi  ihc  city  of  Quebec,  and  notification  directed 
to  each  shareholder  through  tiio  Post  Office,  as  +hc  residence  of  each 
may  appear  on  the  books  of  the  Company.  " 

Skc.  2,  Si>ecial  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  Bt)ard  of  Directors, 
whenever  they  may  deem  necessary ;  and  it  shall  lie  their  duty  to  call 
such  meetings,  whenever  called  upon  so  to  do  by  any  ten  or  more  stock- 
holders representing  at  least  twenty  thousand  shares  of  the  Capital 
stock.  Notices  of  special  meetings  shall  be  given  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided for  the  annual  meetings  in  Sec.  1.  of  this  Article  ;  the  object  of  the 
nice  ling  to  be  stated  in  the  notice. 

.Sec.  3.  Any  ten  shareholders  representingat  least  sixty  thousand  shares 
of  the  Capital  stock,  either  by  the  holders  thereof  in  person  or  by 
proxies,  shall  alway  be  sutticient  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

Sec  1.  The  validity  of  a')y  proxy,  or  the  authority  to  act  under  it  shall 
if  (inustioncd,  be  settled  by  a  majority  of  those  present  at  the  meeting, 
at  which  the  authority  under  it  is  to  be  exercised. 


¥ 


i 


ARTICLE  IV. 

Thei-egular  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  bo  held  at  the  of- 
fice  of  the   Company  on  the   first  "Wednesday  of  each  month.     Special 


—  15 


meotinKS  cif  t}»e  DirectorK  sluiU  Im-  IkM   ui'on  tlie  c;ill  <»f  any  \\\o  (  1  tlie 
Directors  duly  notified  by  tlio  socrt.'tary. 

A  Board  of  Directors  shall  \>o  clccled  at  each  atiiiual  met  liii;.'  of  tho 
stockhoklcrs.  Any  v-^faruy  that  may  dccnr,  citlicr  hy  rcinDval,  rcHip;na- 
tion  or  death,  shall  be  fill  ■(!  by  a  vote  at  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Di- 
rectors. 

ARTICLK  \'L 

At  every  annual  meeting,  and  as  much  oftener  as  the  Directors,  or  tAvc>- 
third.s,  at  least,  uf  the  Ktoekhohhrs  b}-  vote  to  that  eftect  shall  onlcr, 
tliere  shall  be  made  a  financial  exhibit  of  the  atfairs  of  the  Cotn])any, 
which  kIuiU  be  kept  in  its  archives- . 


ARTICLE  VIT. 

^EC.  1.    Die  business  of  this  Company  shall  be  niauag^'d  by  a  Board  of 


D 


.f 


)f  v^-h( 


shall  be  V 


dent. 


irectors  ot  seven  in  nuniDer,  one  oi  v^noni  snau  oe  i  it  ski 
^KC.  2.  The  President  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the  Do.ird,  but 
in  case  of  hia  absence  a  president  pro  tern  may  be  apyx^jinteil  b\  the  Di- 
rectors present,  and  four  shall  constitnte  a  quorum  for  tho  transaction  of 
business. 

Sec.  3.  The  President  and  Board  of  Directors  shall  have  power  to|"ap- 
point  a  Trt  asmer,  Secretary,  and  also  ^uch  other  agents  as  shall  be  neces- 
sary to  take  charge  uf  the  operations  of  the  Company  under  their  direc- 
tions. 

Sec.  4.  The  President  shall  make,  sign  and  exocute  such  Orders  as  the 
legitimate  business  of  the  Company  requires,  <»r  as  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors may  direct  or  approve,  and  exercise  a  general  oversight  and  maiiagc- 
ment  of  all  the  aftairs  of  the  Company. 

Sec.  5.  The  Secretary  shall  take  charge  of  the  Books  and  Accounts 
of  the  (yompaDy,  keep  records  of  the  procet-dings  of  the  Meetings  of  tho 
Board  and  of  the  Meetings  of  the  Stockholders,  countersign  all  certifi- 
cates of  stock  and  attend  to  such  corres}>oiulence  and  other  business  as 
the  President  or  Board  may  direct. 

Sec.   C.  The  Treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  the  Funds  of  the 


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Coiai)any,  until  the  same  phall  bo  liivitUul  or  appropriated  by  llu;  lioard 
of  Directors.  ll<'  sliall  kvcn  his  (.1e|>o8its  in  Hiich  Rank  or  other  place 
of  bi'ciirity  as  the  I)irt>ctors  sliall  appoint,  aiul  hia  Bank  account  shall  bo 
kept  ill  thci  name  of  the  <"oinpany.  He  sliall  pay  out  monies  only  vheu 
drafts  are  made  on  hin\  by  the  Secretary,  countersigned  V-y  the  Tresideut, 
or,  in  case  of  his  absenro  or  disability,  one  of  the  l)irect'U'a. 

Sec.  ,7.  The  lioard  of  Direciors  laay,  if  Uiey  deem  proper,  re<piire 
the  Treasurer  to  give  i>onds  in  Huch  sums,  and  witli  yuch  security  as 
they  may  deem  adetiviate  for  the  faithful  [>erformanee  of  the  duties  of 
his  trust. 

ATITRTJ-:  VI ir. 

No  liability  shall  be  incurred  without  money  behig  in  the  Treasury  of 
the  ('onipany  to  meet  the  payment  thereof. 


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